87 Crew Cab w/ 6 doors

[satx78247]

IDIiot,

Have you ever seen (or even heard of) an 8-door Ford PU??
(I saw one yesterday PM parked on the curb by the HEB grocery store on New Braunfels Av. = 8 doors, 8' bed, AWD & a dually.- It evidently belongs to some sort of oilfield service company from Louisiana & LOOKS "factory" - I'm guessing built in the early 2000s by some independent coachbuilder like Western Hauler or Centurion-Lehman but I don't know, as I've seen nothing like it.)

As I've said elsewhere, I'd bet that it's "a bear" to drive on city streets.
(My GF would have said, "It's as long as a well-rope.")

yours, satx

 

[IDIoit]

that would be slick.
my truck isnt too bad to drive on the streets.
its still stock wheel base.

 

[FORDF250HDXLT]

for the next couple of weeks, i am gearing up to do some major mods on my 87.

my goal is to have a 6 door vehicle for under a grand without the purchase of th two trucks.

how's that budget been holding out for ya?

iv never seen one of these limo trucks before.close though.iv seen 2 or 3 crew cabs with super cabs over my lifetime.spread out over the years.i haven't seen one in years now.......and iv put some miles behind me......and been to a few places.
it's a cool project.keep on her.

 

[IDIoit]

oah, i did get it done under a grand.
that was the first round of mods.

now i want a NICE truck.
something completely custom, because.. its what i do.
but i have tons of money into this.

i have over 5k into the engine.
and i dont want to count the rest of the countless spending.
if i was to guess, id say i have right about 12 grand into the truck.
but its built exactly the way i want it!
and it should last me a very long time!

new engine new suspension, new damn near anything i could get!

the only purchase i regret is the outside door seals i bought 4 of at 100 a pop

 

[FORDF250HDXLT]

she'll be worth every penny.the foolish are the ones shelling out over 60 grand for an assembly line pickup which will devalue long before they pay off the loan.

 

[IDIoit]

hell you loose 20-40% soon as you drive it off the lot!

but if i had that kind of coin collecting dust in my account, i would buy a slightly used truck.

i could afford a new truck payment, but id rather spend that 5-600 a month buying parts.

plus i dont use DEF, or smog stations lol

 

[IDIoit]

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[satx78247]

FORDF250XLT; IDIiot,

Both of you gentlemen, "said a mouthful". = Fyi, I have an "old boarding school chum" who recently spent > 70,000.oo on a NEW Ford PU.

Pardon me for saying:
1. I don't want his > 1000.oo car payments for a LONG time.
(I think that he said 1150.oo a month for 5 years PLUS the nice PU that he traded in.)
2. I'll have less than 2000-2500.oo bucks in my "new to me" low-mileage diesel 1986 XLT Lariat when Steve, his dad & I finish re-doing it & returning it to "factory stock", i.e., about 2 MONTHS of David's monthly payments
and
3. I seriously doubt that, barring a wreck that totals the PU, that I'll live long enough (at nearly 70YY) to need to buy another PU.
(Fwiw, I remodeled one 1991 F250 & 6 months later it was totaled by a county firetruck, while parked.)

yours, satx

 

[laserjock]

Looks good. If I were you I'd pull the body plugs before it cures.

 

[IDIoit]

This sucks!
Worst part of the entire build!
Can only stay under there for an hour max!

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[FORDF250HDXLT]

hey what ya got going on there Brian? remote mounting your batteries down to the frame?

 

[subway]

Looks nice, took me a few seconds to get my bearings. Looks like the winch mount?

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[FORDF250HDXLT]

Looks nice, took me a few seconds to get my bearings. Looks like the winch mount?

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oh yup.i can see the rad support now.i was seeing a midship fuel tank. now you say that,i see the spring shackle now too. he's not very descriptive his he? ;p

 

[crash-harris]

The last few progress posts he's made here are like, "here's some truck ****. Enjoy"